Travelzoo

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Travelzoo Inc.
legal form Corporation
ISIN US89421Q2057
founding October 1998
Seat New York, United States
management
  • Holger Bartel, CEO
  • Lisa Su, CAO
  • Ralph Bartel, Founder and President
Number of employees 136 (2019)
sales $ 111 million (2019)
Branch Tourism
Website travelzoo.com
As of December 31, 2019

Travelzoo Inc. is an American Internet company based in New York . Travelzoo filters offers from tour operators and vendors and sends the best ones to their members. The company has more than 2 million users in Germany alone. (As of July 2016)

history

Travelzoo was founded in October 1998 by Ralph Bartel in Mountain View, California .

In 1999 the first so-called Top 20 1 was published, which already reached one million members a year later.

In December 2003, the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange .

Travelzoo has also been represented in Germany since 2006 and published the first German Top 20 in September.

In 2009 the company launched Fly.com , and in 2010 also in Germany.

In 2012 Travelzoo had a membership of 25 million.

In 2018 the company was named Best Travel Deals Provider at the British Travel Awards.

Screenshot of the Travelzoo site from 2010

1 Top 20 is a travel newsletter that features Travelzoo's top 20 deals.

Companies

management

Business figures

In 2019 , the company had sales of $ 111 million . This corresponds to an increase of more than 100% compared to fiscal 2005 with sales of USD 51 million .

Business figures in millions of US dollars
year sales Profit Total assets Employee
2005 51 8th 55 70
2006 70 17th 44 82
2007 79 9 37 157
2008 81 −4 35 214
2009 94 5 46 193
2010 113 13 66 255
2011 148 3 68 350
2012 151 18th 98 417
2013 171 −7 115 436
2014 153 13 93 438
2015 124 11 69 473
2016 114 7th 54 444
2017 107 4th 46 442
2018 111 5 43 150
2019 111 4th 55 136

Individual evidence

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  2. a b c sales figures 2005-2019. macrotrends.net, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
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  4. a b c d company history // Travelzoo. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  5. FOCUS Online: Rich with travel. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  6. manager magazin: With Travelzoo almost all the way - manager magazin - company. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  7. Milestones of the company - Travelzoo Solutions - DE. Retrieved on July 12, 2020 (German).
  8. Travelzoo Wins Gold as “Best Online Deals Provider” at the 2018 British Travel Awards. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  9. Profit 2005-2019. macrotrends.net, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
  10. Balance sheet total 2005-2019. macrotrends.net, accessed on July 12, 2020 .